U.S. tariffs with its closest neighbors and biggest trading partners have been an roller coaster this week. President Donald Trump sparked fears of a potential trade war when he put 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico at midnight on Monday. The United States issued temporary delays and exemptions a day later, leaving Mexico in a state of uncertainty.
As the first phase of the ceasefire deal with Hamas is about to expire early next month, Hamas returned the bodies of three Israeli hostages and a fourth, unidentified woman on Thursday. While Arab nations scramble to find out an alternative with a counter-proposal to President Donald Trump’s declaration that he will take over Gaza, the United States is pressuring the warring parties to move forward with the second phase.
A community organization in Chicago, Illinois, is helping undocumented migrants who say they are afraid to leave their homes for fear of being detained amid the country’s immigration raids.
President Donald Trump’s order to detain undocumented migrants at the Migrant Operations Center at the U.S. naval facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is being opposed by rights groups. While previous administrations have detained migrants at Guantanamo, these groups say that what Trump is doing is different.
In several American cities, U.S. federal agents have stepped up arrests related to immigration as part of President Donald Trump’s pledge to crackdown undocumented immigrants.
President Donald Trump of the United States has stated repeatedly that America needs to take Greenland from Denmark for “international security.” The global attention, however, is driving among many native Greenlanders to determine their own political destiny,
The latest executive order issued by President Donald Trump that suspends the arrival of refugees into the United States goes into effect on Monday, January 27.VOA Pakistan bureau chief Sarah Zaman reports that the future remains uncertain for Afghan refugees waiting to be resettled in the United States.
Family members and hostage aid groups are are taking the search to look for missing journalist Austin Tice to Damascus as President Bashar al-Assad’s long rule in Syria has ended. They are searching for the American in abandoned prisons.
A planned six-week ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began Sunday, bringing comfort and joy to both Israelis and Palestinians.Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners, while Hamas freed three female hostages.Many Israelis credit the agreement to Donald Trump, the incoming president of the United States.
Analysts say that if Afghan leaders uphold their promises, it will determine whether the Taliban hopes for a “new chapter” in relations with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump.